Overview
Open-source motion planning and manipulation for robotics. MoveIt Studio and MoveIt Pro for industrial arms.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company PickNik Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1109 total
Most recent
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Dave Coleman Founder & CPO
- Dave Grant CEO
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for PickNik Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
PickNik Robotics in third-party press
AI robotics: Moving from the lab to the real-world factory floor - The Robot Report
PickNik releases MoveIt Pro 9 to improve AI-driven robotics in variable environments - Robotics & Automation News
PickNik Robotics gives MoveIt Pro 9.0 enhanced perception-to-motion, teleop capabilities - The Robot Report
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company PickNik Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1109 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
What is PickNik Robotics?
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for PickNik Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning PickNik Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AI robotics: Moving from the lab to the real-world factory floor - The Robot Report
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PickNik releases MoveIt Pro 9 to improve AI-driven robotics in variable environments - Robotics & Automation News
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PickNik Robotics gives MoveIt Pro 9.0 enhanced perception-to-motion, teleop capabilities - The Robot Report
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2026 Robotics Summit early bird registration ends March 2 - The Robot Report
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PickNik Robotics to work with Motiv Space Systems on NASA ISAM mission - The Robot Report
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NASA Standardises On Open Source Space ROS For Flight Robotics With Motiv And PickNik Partnership - Open Source For You
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Motiv Space Systems and PickNik Robotics Collaborate on Software for NASA’s Fly Foundational Robotics (FFR) Mission - SpaceNews
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NASA prepares orbital test of commercial robotic arm to advance in-space infrastructure - Robotics & Automation News
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PickNik expands support for Franka Research 3 robot on MoveIt Pro - The Robot Report
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Beyond manufacturing: AI-Powered robotics and the long tail of commercial innovation - The Robot Report
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JAXA tests PickNik’s MoveIt Pro software in multi-armed robotic system for the ISS - The Robot Report
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Haply Robotics to offer its haptic controller with PickNik’s MoveIt Pro - The Robot Report
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/picknik-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/picknik-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7f230009-242d-46e1-8602-749aaf3ad4e8
- Revision history: /companies/picknik-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place PickNik Robotics against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026